Government says formerly exiled billionaire is eligible for early release six months into eight-year sentence
The former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is to be freed on parole on Sunday morning, just six months after his dramatic return to the kingdom from 15 years of self-imposed exile.
The controversial billionaire, twice elected premier and ousted in a 2006 military coup, was jailed for eight years on graft and abuse-of-power charges upon his return in August.
